great Ideal! But not making excuses,finding a pool anymore,and the time, however I've really considered having a salt water pool installed this spring, just for that issue. seems the older we get the harder the mend is. However through it all I have managed to lay out a CD( Nawlins HOO DOO) which for me is my best work yet, I have a singer l'il Lisa on a couple tunes,

Well, I'm now happy enough with my fitness to do the charity memorial gig next Saturday. Going to start a little bit of cycling as well, so I can see more than the streets around me when I do my cardiovascular exertions for the day.

yup, your right MAX!! if we treated our gear the way we treat our selves???? I'am having to do the same,get back on my routine and STOP eating crap,and Drinking too much, it robs me of things I love too do Like MUSIC, our Health has a direct impact on attitude which funnels down to everything we do in life!I once read ,You must clean your House, never really understood until lately, Our house is our lives,and every thing we do, Have a great Time at your Gig Pal!! love 601

Just a thought, take it or leave it. I've been a low carb-er for awhile, no cholesterol meds, it's near perfect now, and blood pressure has dropped. At a great weight and not suffering from hunger pangs. Odd thing is, I own a Little Debbie snack cake distributorship, and sorry to say, I rank my product up there with cigarettes. Yep, member of the M.O.D. Squad (merchants of death).

Eating a lot of eggs, cheese, meat and fat. Taking my fiber from salads and veggies. My wife is a vegan, and so we do not share the same tastes, but she's cool with my thing, I'm cool with hers, and we collide on Friday night with Mexican and margaritas out.

Exercise won't make you lose weight. Sure, it's got a whole host of benefits, but without diet change, the weight will stay on.

Well, there ya have it. Good luck. I read the first part where you were down quite a bit, and the last part where it came back, and the injury... ouch! Walk a few miles a day if you can, dump the simple carbs, bread, rice, potatoes, SUGAR, and eat more protein and fat, your body will thank you, your blood will thank you, your heart will thank you, and your pocketbook will thank you. It's expensive to be overweight!

The only negative is the beer. I'm on light beer. I like Pilsner Urquell. It's 14G of carbs, Miller light is 3G...

yup!! neal your absolutely 100% correct, I lost 78lbs on the same control eating, felt wonderful, and doing it again, I had been out of work for 9 months and tried to drown my depression with food and gin!! almost did my heart in, for sho,

same here, I've resolved myself, killing yerself with a spoon is stupid to say the least!! its fun gettin to senor status!! One thing that helps me a lot is too bring my lunch for the day, I seem to be more aware of my intake that way

Well, the buzz has settled down now. We were the last act, played for an hour and I haven't felt that good since before the heart attack. I was tired, but not badly. It was the perfect aerobic workout.